Author: Patrick Jones

Welcome to the Policy and Music Education eColumn. Understanding and influencing policy is crucial if music educators are to have some degree of control over the destiny of our profession. We need to develop a body of research literature, the capacity to engage in policy studies, and the ability to influence policy makers. The first step […]

I should not dabble with moral theology, ed but I really believe that one way to get a person to live the good life instructionally is to make it very easy for him. (Popham, patient 1971, p. 80) A few months ago I received an email that stated, “The point here is not to be philosophical, […]

The deficit model which continues to be a pervasive force in Urban Education policy and reform is especially harmful to Music, Fine Art, and other Aesthetic based educations in Urban societies throughout America. The dismissal of the immense wealth of Cultural Capital is having a two-fold effect on the ability of teachers to provide more […]